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HR0929 • 2026
IDR-PROPERTY TAX STUDY
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IDR-PROPERTY TAX STUDY
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Revenue & Finance Committee ; Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
IDR-PROPERTY TAX STUDY
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Full Text of HR0929 Home Legislation Full Text HR0929 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF HR0929 LRB104 22063 MST 38179 r 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The property tax system has produced systemic 3 inequities that disproportionately burden communities through 4 regressive assessment practices, thereby imposing higher 5 effective tax rates on those with the least wealth; and 6 WHEREAS, These inequities contribute to a documented 7 "financial death spiral", characterized by rising tax burdens, 8 forced out-migration, declining property values, and the 9 erosion of community wealth and stability; and 10 WHEREAS, Exploitative tax sale practices, including 11 provisions that allow private investors to extract profits 12 from delinquent taxes while shifting risk back to the public, 13 drain resources from schools and local governments while 14 destabilizing vulnerable communities; and 15 WHEREAS, The reliance on local property taxes as the 16 primary funding source for public education perpetuates 17 structural inequality, effectively tying the quality of a 18 child's education to neighborhood wealth rather than 19 guaranteeing equal protection under the law; and 20 WHEREAS, This system undermines the ability of families to 21 build and preserve generational wealth through homeownership, HR0929 - 2 - LRB104 22063 MST 38179 r 1 contributing to persistent racial wealth gaps; therefore, be 2 it 3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 4 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 5 we urge the Illinois Department of Revenue, in consultation 6 with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, to 7 conduct a study to determine the feasibility of phasing out 8 the use of property taxes as a funding source for school 9 districts and replacing that revenue with other State and 10 local revenue streams; and be it further 11 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 12 delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of 13 Revenue and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. 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